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A New Beginning - crashes at H2 lab door Atlas prt 2 #746074
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I slogged thru the apparent "no inventory" bugs in the last part of Atlas part 1 of this game - I kept R-clicking to make Bent's inventory show up at the bottom of the screen, but it never showed up. I think this may be a bug in this game.

Did anyone else have this problem?

How is it fixed?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: cruise02] #746081
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Here's what I found in MaG's walkthrough.

Gameplay: This is a third person point and click game.

The main menu has new game, continue game, load, options, save game, credits and quit.

The options menu has subtitles, speech volume, sound volume, music volume and full screen adjustments.

The interaction menu is seen when a hotspot is left clicked-hold on. The action selections to be done on that hotspot are seen. Right mouse click will close the interaction menu when no action is selected.

Inventory is at bottom of screen. It can be accessed and closed by right mouse click. There are scroll arrows at right and left ends of the inventory bar.

Additional help:

ESC key opens the main menu

A skip button-double arrow appears after 3 minutes on the mini puzzle.

Double click on exits will speed up the change to the next screen.

Dialogues can be skipped by enter key, left or right mouse clicks or period key.

Spacebar shows all active spots on the screen.

The + and - keys control the general volume.

The T key cycles from subtitles with voice, subtitles only or voice only during the game.

The M key turns the sounds off-on.

The Q key quits the game.

Other keys: F1-load, F5-save, F8-options, F9-quick save (one slot only), F12-quick load of F9 save.


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: Cathy1] #746135
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Hi Cathy1 wave
Your info is most useful, as I'm about to start this game. Thanks

Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: michele rose] #746161
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Congrats on starting this great game. The info is actually from MaG's walkthrough that you can find from this very site. It's another great one from the best.
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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: Cathy1] #746936
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Originally Posted By: Cathy1
Here's what I found in MaG's walkthrough.

Gameplay: This is a third person point and click game.

The main menu has new game, continue game, load, options, save game, credits and quit.

The options menu has subtitles, speech volume, sound volume, music volume and full screen adjustments.

The interaction menu is seen when a hotspot is left clicked-hold on. The action selections to be done on that hotspot are seen. Right mouse click will close the interaction menu when no action is selected.

Inventory is at bottom of screen. It can be accessed and closed by right mouse click. There are scroll arrows at right and left ends of the inventory bar.

Additional help:

ESC key opens the main menu

A skip button-double arrow appears after 3 minutes on the mini puzzle.

Double click on exits will speed up the change to the next screen.

Dialogues can be skipped by enter key, left or right mouse clicks or period key.

Spacebar shows all active spots on the screen.

The + and - keys control the general volume.

The T key cycles from subtitles with voice, subtitles only or voice only during the game.

The M key turns the sounds off-on.

The Q key quits the game.

Other keys: F1-load, F5-save, F8-options, F9-quick save (one slot only), F12-quick load of F9 save.



I'm fully aware of this, but still, now that I'm playing as Bent at the beginning of chapter 6 "Atlas part 2", Bent's inventory does not show up regardless of how many times I keep R-clicking the mouse (especially after I load a save (Bent's save)) - help, please?


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: cruise02] #746954
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Originally Posted By: cruise02
... Bent's inventory does not show up regardless of how many times I keep R-clicking the mouse (especially after I load a save (Bent's save)) - help, please?

***Becky's review*** mentioned that she had a saved game glitch that could only be overcome by getting a saved game from another gamer.

Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: Jenny100] #746974
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Originally Posted By: Jenny100
] mentioned that she had a saved game glitch that could only be overcome by getting a saved game from another gamer.


Now I'm getting curious - how exactly does a save from someone else fix this glitch?

Could someone send me a save for Bent at the beginning of Chapter 6 "Atlas Part 2", please?

Thanks, Jenny, et al!


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: cruise02] #746979
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Maybe this has already been addressed, but is there a remote possibility the game is not in the correct resolution on the screen and that's why you can't see the inventory?


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: Draclvr] #746998
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That's what I was thinking Drac.


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: Draclvr] #747014
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Originally Posted By: Draclvr
Maybe this has already been addressed, but is there a remote possibility the game is not in the correct resolution on the screen and that's why you can't see the inventory?


If I played straight thru from a save where, as Bent with Duve (who is angry according to MaGtRo's w/t) in the residential quarters that lead to the H2 lab and the other lab (near conclusion of Chapter 5 "Atlas Part 1"), I can access my inventory (Bent's inventory shows up at bottom of screen if I take a couple of items and then R-click the mouse) or even if I keep loading this save and play straight thru to the beginning of Chapter 6 "Atlas Part 2", Bent's inventory shows up upon R-clicking the mouse, but after loading the Bent At (same) Residential Quarters Save at beginning of Chapter 6 "Atlas Part 2", Bent's inventory does not show up onscreen even if I collect several items and R-click afterward, so I doubt that the screen resolution has anything to do with this. So what gives?


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: cruise02] #747038
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Maybe you should try and uninstall and re-install the game again. It sounds like something got messed up along the way. I haven;t played the game (just the demo).Are you suppose to be playing as this char or someone else ?


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Re: A New Beginning - no inventory as Bent in Atlas part 2 [Re: Cathy1] #747058
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Originally Posted By: Cathy1
Maybe you should try and uninstall and re-install the game again. It sounds like something got messed up along the way. I haven;t played the game (just the demo).Are you suppose to be playing as this char or someone else ?


According to MaG's w/t, I'm supposed to be playing as Bent (Atlas, part 2).


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Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall the game ?
That's all the help I can think of.


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If you see my post in hints I had the problem with the inventory in Chapter 5, the way round I found was to click f8 and then return to the game, right click and viola the inventory was there, this may not work for everyone but it did for me. luck

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Thanks for reminding us, Monbron.

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Originally Posted By: monbron
If you see my post in hints I had the problem with the inventory in Chapter 5, the way round I found was to click f8 and then return to the game, right click and viola the inventory was there, this may not work for everyone but it did for me. luck


This trick worked for me. Am playing ANB in my Acer laptop, Win 7, 4 GB RAM, 115 GB free HDD space, game crashes as soon as I (playing as Bent) is at the open door of the H2 lab (Atlas part 2) where he sees Lissa's necklace - the game keeps crashing at this point.

Could it be b/c of the 115 GB of free HDD space on drive C or what?

How to I fix the crash?

Looked for a patch on google, only found no-cd patches, or the like.

*****************************************************************************\\

Might this recurrent crash be b/c the Acer's HDD doesn't have enough of free space for the swap files needed by the game (plus the screenshot taker app running in the background)?

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How much RAM does the Acer have?
If you have enough RAM, you may not even need Virtual Memory (cache)

Here's a site with illustrated instructions for how to change your Virtual Memory settings in Windows 7
http://www.itechtalk.com/thread3588.html

The recommended minimum is 1.5 x the amount of RAM you have.
The recommended maximum is 3 x the amount of RAM you have.

On a laptop with 4GB RAM or more it's unlikely that the size of your Virtual Memory would cause the game to crash. However there could be a conflict between the game and your screenshot program at the point where it crashes. You might try rebooting (to clear your cache) and playing the game past the point of the crash without the screenshot application running in the background.

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Jenny, I got past this point of crash the other day. I had to not use the screenshot program to get past the crash point, then after I got past it, resumed the game with the screenshot program running. Why might the game be crashing at the entrance to the H2 lab while the screenshot program is running - is it a RAM issue, or what?

My Acer has 4 GB RAM.


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Originally Posted By: cruise02
Why might the game be crashing at the entrance to the H2 lab while the screenshot program is running - is it a RAM issue, or what?

My Acer has 4 GB RAM.

It's most likely an issue with the game having a conflict with the screenshot software at that point in the game.

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Got farther, this time to the hatch where Bent & Fay have to escape after the Breeding Lab explodes, when the game froze up at the hatch (had the screenshot prog running), started Task Manager & saw that physical RAM was at 28 - 27%, processes running were over 87, CPU usage about 1 - 2%, What does this tell you, Inland, Jenny? I think maybe all these 87+ processes are tying up my 4 GB RAM.

Restarted PC, > Task Mgr > Physical RAM 31%, Processes 88, Free HDD space 144 of 500 GB, (without game/screenshot prog running). My hypothesis as to why the lockup is happening in the game at the hatch - might be b/c these 88 or so processes are tying up my physical memory (and the game needs memory to run the sequence/respond to my input?)


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Originally Posted By: Jenny100
Originally Posted By: cruise02
Why might the game be crashing at the entrance to the H2 lab while the screenshot program is running - is it a RAM issue, or what?

My Acer has 4 GB RAM.

It's most likely an issue with the game having a conflict with the screenshot software at that point in the game.



I think you may be correct Jenny100 . Either it is the aforementioned screenshot software , or there is another program causing a conflict of some form , that is utilizing either 100 percent of the system ram , cpu resources , or both . Having 88 running processes seems to be a large amount . What cpu is being utilized in this laptop ?

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I wouldn't be too concerned about 88 processes; most are likely swapped out (or idle) and not consuming any substantial resources.

To see their impact, open task manager and select View, Add Columns - add Private Working Set and Working Set to the list. Click the column headers to rank their usage.

If you've got a runaway process, you'll see it there. I think it’s more than likely a conflict with your capture software.

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Originally Posted By: InlandAZ
If you've got a runaway process, you'll see it there. I think it’s more than likely a conflict with your capture software.


Yeah, so I started wondering if I'd get better results with running the game in XP instead of Win 7. So I installed the game in my Dell M1530, and I want to know where are the saved games located? I went into the Lace Mamba/new beginning directory to find the saved games, but there's nothing like "saves" in there, and I checked in both of my Acer's Win 7 My Documents, Documents and Public Documents but they're not located there, either. I just want to transfer the saves from the Acer into the new installation on my M1530 so I won't have to start all over again from the beginning?

And why can't I no longer edit the title thread (my original post) in this thread accordingly - has been disabled b/c of something I said/did recently?

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I was asking - where are the saved games located for A New Beginning?


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There is a time limit on editing. Your thread was started in August.

And I am answering that the saved games for ANB is located for Win XP in:
C:\Documents and Settings\your computer's name\Local Settings\Application Data\Daedalic Entertainment\A New Beginning\Savegames

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